Rene Redzepi’s daringly innovative Danish restaurant Noma has reclaimed the title of world’s top
restaurant.

Noma — which has a meticulous focus on simple, indigenous ingredients such as snails, moss and
cod liver — held the No. 1 spot on
Restaurant magazine’s annual ranking of the world’s 50 best restaurants for three years
before being bested in 2013 by avant-garde eatery El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain. During a
ceremony yesterday in London, Noma reclaimed the top spot while El Celler fell to No. 2.

Located on Copenhagen’s waterfront, Noma’s menu is almost obsessively defined by the Nordic
landscape. Ingredients often are foraged nearby, and the meals at the 45-seat restaurant — which
holds two Michelin stars — are meant to viscerally connect diners to the land and sea. The
restaurant opened in 2004 and gets thousands of reservation requests a day.

El Celler, which has been run by brothers Josep, Jordi and Joan Roca since 1986, also was ranked
No. 2 in 2011 and 2012. The restaurant is known for blending traditional ingredients and innovative
cooking techniques.

Seven U.S. restaurants made the list, two of them in the top 10: Daniel Humm’s Eleven Madison
Park in New York was No. 4, up from fifth last year; and Grant Achatz’s ultra- modernist Alinea
placed ninth, up from 15th last year. Eric Ripert’s seafood-focused Le Bernardin in New York fell
from 19th to 21st, while Daniel Boulud’s Daniel in New York slipped from 29th to 40th.

Thomas Keller’s Per Se in New York fell from 11th to 30th; and his Yountville, Calif.,
restaurant, the French Laundry, rose from No. 47 to No. 44. Daniel Patterson’s Coi in San Francisco
— which focuses on modern California cuisine — made it onto the list for the first time, placing at
No. 49.